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The tenor guitar was a four string guitar that was tuned D G B E (i think) and was used as a guitar for banjo players once dixieland started to die out. -c l i f t o n

Robert Fripp had some good advice on this in Guitar Player, many years ago... he said don't *lift* your fingers... *release* them. The resting position for your fretting fingers should not be on the

about a to me; sight do I get thru for a hey,lynn I think that if you use a metronome,while you play you should be able to play the entire piece all the way through in a certain tempo,before speeding

Every chord has 12 names. use melody notes as extensions of the chord and alter and substitute your chords to add movement (so it isn't the same chord with a different top note for each melody note).

Just a note on reading... Next month I'm going to try and finish and upload a free online course on sight reading to my site, http://tedvieira.com. It combines graphics and MIDI files and other

William Leavitt also has a book out called "Reading Studies for Guitar" (Berklee press) which is pretty good. The book goes through all keys, and in specific positions, so it forces you to do stuff

There's a great Tektronix T-shirt that reads, "Use the logic analyzer that God gave you." So, my answer would be that I use the transcription software that God gave me, i.e. my earballs, and I am

Hey- I am 13 years old and study jazz guitar. I am around the beginner-intermediate level right now. I understand most concepts and I know music theory. Right now I am working on single note

It wasn't tongue-in-cheek: Terje Rypdal - "After the Rain" (ECM 1083) - 1976

Jazzers: Well, I took the plunge, bought a bass (g)string and tuned my Es 150 down a 5th according to the directions someone posted (thanks to whomever it was!). (A, D, G, C, E, A) It sounds very

interested Jimmy, if you're truly still here, would you attempt to answer the technique question I asked you? It's message #3358.

For flattops the is a guy named Brian Galloup who does very fine work, and he is located Rogers Heights, MI. You can find him on the net. Randy Groves --- kevinj@... wrote: ===== J. Randall

Lorraine: the best book for learning to read, in my view, is an old book called _Rhythyms Complete_ by Bugs ?. I'll get the last name. It is what I learned on. It is very systematic and by the end you

Hey Ted, You're welcome. I think that this is a great idea, and it's really a great way to learn about Jazz. I'll be looking out for the sight reading course. That's one of the many areas that I need

Lynn, The way the book was intended, you really want to work through the exercises, scale studies, etc., repeatedly and get them down well, but the sightreading examples you want to use a metronome(at

I've been working w/William Leavitt's Modern Method for Guitar for about a month now and want to thank those of you who recommended this book to me; I'm learning a lot. I'm just wondering if I'm doing

Where are you located? If you're in the northeast, I'd highly recommend Alan Carruth: http://www.alcarruthluthier.com/ He worked with violin builder Carleen Hutchens and does very fine and

Great advice, Brad. I also have this problem sometimes on tunes where someone decides to play it "uptempo". Another way to state it is to determine the basic tonality and not stray too far, but to

Hello, I haven't heard of Fatdog Archtops before. It's great to hear about new archtops from new (to me) luthiers. I have just bought a single pick up archtop from Ken Walton. Waltone guitars which I

Steve, One suggestion I would make as far as surviving a solo over a tune you don't know is to get the big picture. By this I mean don't get hung up trying to hit every change. As you're comping, (or